Totnes Bed and Breakfast

Week Meadow is a bed and breakfast and self-catering apartment in Dartington just outside Totnes. We chose our house for it’s fantastic location. It’s the last house in the village with only fields beyond it and can be eerily quiet. Although if you’re outside you’ll sometimes hear the sound of the whistle from the local steam railway. However we are also close to Schumacher College, Dartington Hall and just a mile and a half from Totnes.
Our Totnes Bed & Breakfast and self-catering apartment is in the hamlet of Higher Week, part of the village of Dartington just outside Totnes. It has a separate entrance (so you can come and go as you please), a large bright bedroom/studio with a table and chairs (where breakfast is served), a small kitchen area (with fridge, kettle, toaster and tea and coffee making facilities), a bathroom (with bath and thermostatically controlled shower) and a entrance hall area with space to hang coats. The room is tastefully furnished with a stone Minster working fireplace, an Art deco desk, Ercol quaker chairs and original oil paintings and etchings. The bed pictured has now been replaced with a ziplink bed which means we can arrange the room as a twin on request. Apartment redecorated in Dec 2017 We are also happy to welcome well-behaved dogs for a small additional charge. And we can accommodate one child of up to 16 (on a campbed in the main room) for a small additional charge.

Self-catering

The small kitchenette means most people choose to self-cater. There are plenty of options for eating out nearby. For other self-catering cottages and apartments see my holiday cottage agency www.westcountrylets.co.uk

There is also a sunny outside area with a table and chairs. During the period May to September you also have free access to our outdoor swimming pool

2 Comments

September 20, 2017

Jill Mackechnie

Hello,
I’m a recently retired international aid worker, currently based in Geneva, now considering options for returning to live in the UK, and having spent many happy times at Schumacher College in recent years, Dartington/Totnes is an area high on my list of potential places to settle! So I am now looking for possible property to rent and/or eventually buy in the area.

I’ll be embarking on a master’s programme at the College next January and while I may stay in residence (at the Elmhirst Centre at Dartington Hall) for part of the week during the first month, I would really like to have my own small base to come home to during study periods and at weekends, and as much as possible to a decent bed to sleep on! I don’t mind the student room beds for a couple of weeks, but as I envisage spending 3-4 months for the initial part of the programme I know I will need a bit more private space for my own balance.

Would you be open to offering me a winter let (self-catering) from the beginning of January (course registration is on 5 January) to the end of March? I may also be interested in taking it (if available) for the first half of December. This would give me time to start looking for possible longer term rental options while I get a feel for living in the area.

What attracts me to your cottage in Week is the peacefulness and also the possibility of walking up and down to the Hall or the College when I feel like it – I have walked over to Week on several occasions during stays at College. I also like the look of the space – compact but cosy and bright. I understand there is a small kitchen – but I assume there are no clothes washing/drying facilities? If not, I could most likely arrange to use the student facilities at Schumacher. And do you offer an internet connection?

I can get references from Schumacher (I also worked as a volunteer there for several months at the end of last year) as they know me well!